[TowerTalk] Open Wire

> It seems that one thing has been forgotten. The line may be lossless.
> The tuner isn't. Read QST and you will see that many of the commercial
> units available today have power losses of 30% or more. The best unit
> quoted was a Johnson Matchbox.
>
> So you've substituted line loss for tuner loss.
>
> Again where's the benefit?
>
> 73 de Brian/K3KO
I don't receive QST at the moment. Who is selling tuners with 30% loss?
Or is that under very unusual conditions? I cannot believe that there is a
single Ham who would knowing buy a tuner with 30% loss in normal use!
A properly designed tuner for the application should have negligible loss.
73, DavidC K1YP
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